Aug 17 21
King of Cups
41. Decrease
61. Inner Truth
Petite Reading
Balance in life is the most important pursuit; but balance is not straightforward as we are all unique. Really get to know your quirks and prejudices; don’t deny them for a favorable appearance. Be simple hearted in this venture. As well, you can’t complete this self knowledge (and eventual balance) alone, trustworthy associates, because of their own needs, can help to show you what is good and what is counterproductive in your personality.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the King of Cups. To correct an imbalance, Awareness (writ large) is necessary. For humans our two chief aspects are analysis and feeling; they can easily seem like mutually exclusive modes. However, the King of Cups represents a character that has found a way to have intellectual articulations and emotional inclinations working well together. This harmony is not achieved by simply performing each in equal measure; it is done by gaining awareness of oneself. That is, make self-strengthening adjustments to your actions by keeping your idiosyncrasies in mind. This is what balance means.
Our first hexagram this week is #41, Decrease. Here we have a depiction of creating balance by reduction. If poverty is developing in some aspect, like perhaps you are lacking in fresh ideas, don’t bolster your enterprise with “empty pretense” — rather, consider simplifying your endeavor. Another way, if you do not have resources for a full expression pursue a more simplified object (it’s most reduced form) — there is great beauty in plainness. There was one change in the hexagram, of which the specific note is: don’t try to change fate, find the best in any given situation — to find the worst is only to suffer more.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #61, Inner Truth. There is always someone who knows less than you and one that knows more than you. Getting these relationships right is an enlightened pursuit. Pretending that you are the end and beginning of all knowledge may make you feel better from moment to moment but such a life will average out to be base ne’er-do-well-ship. If one asks you for help, help them — if you need help yourself, ask for it.
Balance in life is the most important pursuit; but balance is not straightforward as we are all unique. Really get to know your quirks and prejudices; don’t deny them for a favorable appearance. Be simple hearted in this venture. As well, you can’t complete this self knowledge (and eventual balance) alone, trustworthy associates, because of their own needs, can help to show you what is good and what is counterproductive in your personality.
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the King of Cups. To correct an imbalance, Awareness (writ large) is necessary. For humans our two chief aspects are analysis and feeling; they can easily seem like mutually exclusive modes. However, the King of Cups represents a character that has found a way to have intellectual articulations and emotional inclinations working well together. This harmony is not achieved by simply performing each in equal measure; it is done by gaining awareness of oneself. That is, make self-strengthening adjustments to your actions by keeping your idiosyncrasies in mind. This is what balance means.
Our first hexagram this week is #41, Decrease. Here we have a depiction of creating balance by reduction. If poverty is developing in some aspect, like perhaps you are lacking in fresh ideas, don’t bolster your enterprise with “empty pretense” — rather, consider simplifying your endeavor. Another way, if you do not have resources for a full expression pursue a more simplified object (it’s most reduced form) — there is great beauty in plainness. There was one change in the hexagram, of which the specific note is: don’t try to change fate, find the best in any given situation — to find the worst is only to suffer more.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #61, Inner Truth. There is always someone who knows less than you and one that knows more than you. Getting these relationships right is an enlightened pursuit. Pretending that you are the end and beginning of all knowledge may make you feel better from moment to moment but such a life will average out to be base ne’er-do-well-ship. If one asks you for help, help them — if you need help yourself, ask for it.